Alison Bechdel





Alison Bechdel

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Alison Bechdel is an American cartoonist. Originally best known for the long-running comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For, in 2006 she became a best-selling and critically acclaimed author with her graphic memoir Fun Home.


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Hol and I went out for a walk after dinner. I stated that I was determined to hear a thrush. Their haunting, piercing song is a crucial rite of spring for me. I have been away from home for a while, so missed their return. I heard one at a distance the other evening, but tonight we not only heard a hermit thrush in ear-thrilling proximity, we could see it! In this video, if you go to full-scree...

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Average rating: 4.10 · 40,017 ratings · 4,402 reviews · 31 distinct works · Similar authors
Fun Home
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 26,119 ratings — published 2006 — 20 editions
Are You My Mother?
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 5,788 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions
The Essential Dykes to Watc...
4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 2,724 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions
Dykes to Watch Out For
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 1,211 ratings — published 1986 — 4 editions
More Dykes to Watch Out For
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 412 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions
New, Improved! Dykes to Wat...
4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 388 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions
Invasion of the Dykes to Wa...
4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 358 ratings — published 2005
Hot, Throbbing Dykes to Wat...
4.34 of 5 stars 4.34 avg rating — 357 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions
Dykes and Sundry Other Carb...
4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 360 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
Spawn of Dykes to Watch Out...
4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions
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“I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on the train.”
Alison Bechdel, Fun Home

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Alison Bechdel, Fun Home

“It was not a triumphal return. Home, as I had known it, was gone.”
Alison Bechdel, Fun Home

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